Company News: Matt Micciche promoted at Landscapes East Inc.

MATT MICCICHE has been promoted to design, sales and management at Landscapes East Inc., a company that has been in business for 30 years. Micciche, of Liverpool, has been with the company for six years as a landscape foreman. He is a graduate of the State University College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

Physician assistants JEREMY M. WELSH and VICKY K. STEPHENS are among the first in the country to earn a new specialty credential: the Certificate of Added Qualifications from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistant. Welsh, of Canastota, practices at Canton-Potsdam Hospital, in Potsdam; Massena Memorial Hospital, in Massena; and North Medical, in Liverpool. Stephens, of Cazenovia, is employed by Hamilton Critical Care and Emergency Consultants and practices at the Community Memorial Hospital, in Hamilton.

JUDY BOYKE, a sales associate at Re/Max Realty Plus, in Clay, has been appointed chairperson of the professional standards committee of the Greater Syracuse Association of Realtors.

SARA WALL-BOLLINGER, of Fayetteville, has been named executive director for health planning at HealtheConnections. HealtheConnections was formed in February by merging the Health Advancement Collaborative of Central New York and the Central New York Health Systems Agency. Wall-Bollinger was executive director and CEO of Enable, also known as the United Cerebral Palsy and Handicapped Children’s Association of Syracuse. She has an extensive background in disabilities, child welfare and mental health systems in Central New York and serves in leadership positions for local and statewide initiatives.

HOWARD GORDON, of Syracuse, has been selected for the 2012 Award for Distinguished Service by the National Association of Presidential Assistants in Higher Education. Gordon is executive assistant to Deborah F. Stanley, president of the State University College at Oswego.

CHRIS KITTELSON has been named general manager of Erie Materials Inc.’s Watertown branch. Kittelson has nearly 30 years of experience in the building materials industry. He joined Erie Materials, which is based in Syracuse, in 1999 as a salesperson. In 2002, he was promoted to operations manager.

DAVE PRIDGEN has been recognized as the top individual agent for Coldwell Banker Prime Properties in the Syracuse region. Pridgen works in the Fayetteville office. The company’s No. 1 team in the region was The CNY-Agent Realty Group, from the Fayetteville office, which includes JOHN DISQUE, JANICE EGAN, LYNN LENKIEWICZ, BOB McTAGUE, KATHY PAWLOWSKI and VICTORIA STAPLES.

Hunt Real Estate ERA has been named a platinum level company by the Cartus Broker Network, the highest excellence award recognition level for principal brokers.

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